The Constitution guarantees a federalist government by stating in the tenth amendment that ,”The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or the people.” The framers did this to prevent a single person, or group of people to gain too much power. One example of the Federal system at work is that the state of North Dakota does not …showed first 75 words of 345 total…

…showed last 75 words of 345 total…requires that a State resolve controversies relating to the appointment of electors under "laws enacted prior to" election day. The United States Constitution (Article IV: Section 1.) requires "Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the relief thereof." [Findelaw.com]